Is Ron Paul "Anti-Semitic"?

Slander is standard in politics in politics, but ultra-loony blogger Pamela Geller goes too far this time. I'm quite sure most of you have heard of Gellar, who is best known for  actively bashing and demonizing those dirty Mooslims. I can't blame her, though -- everybody has to make some sort of a living.

Anyways, recently she has taken a very active role in falsely smearing both Ron and Rand Paul (especially since this year's CPAC).  Her outrage seems to have been triggered by the Pauls' support for a spending bill cutting off foreign aid to Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan and *whispers* Israel.

Geller took to her blog to disgustingly call both Ron and Rand Paul "imposters," while reserving the title of "notorious anti-Jewish state hater" for Ron.

The Gaza Youth's "Manifesto for Change."

We are sick of being caught in this political struggle; sick of coal dark nights with airplanes circling above our homes; sick of innocent farmers getting shot in the buffer zone because they are taking care of their lands; sick of bearded guys walking around with their guns abusing their power, beating up or incarcerating young people demonstrating for what they believe in; sick of the wall of shame that separates us from the rest of our country and keeps us imprisoned in a stamp-sized piece of land; sick of being portrayed as terrorists, homemade fanatics with explosives in our pockets and evil in our eyes; sick of the indifference we meet from the international community, the so-called experts in expressing concerns and drafting resolutions but cowards in enforcing anything they agree on; we are sick and tired of living a shitty life, being kept in jail by Israel, beaten up by Hamas and completely ignored by the rest of the world.

I admire the anti-state, pro-peace, pro-liberty message of these youth. Please read this "manifesto" in its entirety before passing judgment.

N.B.: Slightly coarse English and rather crass profanity.

End the Gaza Blockade...for Israel's Sake?

That's the argument Ivan Eland of the Independent Institute makes in a new article:

As the United States should do with its ridiculously counterproductive embargo against Fidel Castro’s Cuba—which has used the U.S. sanctions as an external threat to win internal support and blame all of the island’s economic problems on the United States—Israel should dismantle all aspects of its counterproductive blockade, not just relax a ban on imports. Increased commerce among Gazans and among Gaza, Israel, and the world would undermine the Islamic radicalism on which Hamas prospers.

Read the entire (very interesting) piece here.

Hamas Destroys Homes In Gaza

So... it's only Israel's fault, right?